Offloading node CPU in distributed redundant storage systems
US9459957B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network interface includes a host interface for communicating with a node, and circuitry which is configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a communication network so as to carry out, jointly with one or more other nodes, a redundant storage operation that includes a redundancy calculation, including performing the redundancy calculation on behalf of the node.
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